Thursday afternoon forecast 23/09/21

23 September - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hello again. A breezy Thursday for northern parts of the UK mainly and variable amounts

00:06of clouds sinking south across the country with some light rain but not an awful lot.

00:12It was a much more unsettled picture earlier in the day for the north of Scotland. That

00:17very wet and windy weather has moved away. Some showers to follow. Still strong winds

00:21here with the risk of gales in exposed locations. But main area of cloud affecting Northern

00:27Ireland, Western and Southern Scotland, Northern England, North Wales. Well that will bring

00:31some outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle and particularly for Western Scotland and

00:35North West England. Another area of cloud sinks into Southern England again with one

00:40or two spots of rain initially for South Wales then into the South West. But otherwise a

00:44lot of dry and bright weather, a slice of sunshine there bringing the highest temperatures

00:49into parts of East Wales, South East England say 22 or 23 Celsius. Much cooler there in

00:56the north of Scotland where we've got the blustery conditions and the cloud thickens

01:00across northern parts of the country overnight with some spells of rain pushing into Western

01:05Scotland and the far north of Scotland followed by further damp weather for Northern Ireland

01:10and North West England. Further south you are the clearer the skies will be, the lighter

01:15the winds will be and hence the risk of some fog patches by dawn across the southern parts

01:20of England although by dawn they may lift into low cloud. A fresh start to the day for

01:26central, southern and eastern parts of the UK, any low cloud clearing and then sunny

01:31spells for many southern and eastern parts. But to the west we've got this cloud pushing

01:36in from the Atlantic and where that's thick enough and especially over Western Hills,

01:41Snowdonia, Pennines, Western Scotland, well we'll see some light rain and drizzle at times.

01:47But it will be brighter to the east of the higher ground because the cloud will be broken

01:52up by this gusty breeze and it will be a blustery afternoon for many gales in the north once

01:58again in exposed spots and the wind bouncing of the Pennines and the Highlands to bring

02:03some particularly lively winds to eastern parts of the country. But where we get some

02:08sunnier spells to the south, a touch warmer compared to Thursday, 23, 24 Celsius possible.

02:17The mild weather continues heading into the weekend and if anything it turns even milder

02:22by Saturday and Sunday. A lot of cloud though and that cloud will continue to push in from

02:27the Atlantic because of these weather fronts and the general westerly airflow. But you

02:32can see this mild air coming in over high pressure to the south and that mild air will

02:38affect many parts of the country through Saturday morning. So not a chilly start but it will

02:44be a grey start in many spots with some mist and low cloud, some hill fog and coastal fog

02:50in the west. Further outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle but fairly persistent there

02:55for Western Scotland, one or two spots elsewhere. A few light showers perhaps later in the south

03:01but on the whole it's a fairly settled day with a lot of cloud cover. The best of any

03:06cloud breaks in the east and a quiet one but a mild one I think. Temperatures once again

03:11reaching the low 20s, perhaps even a bit higher in one or two spots. We keep this broad

03:17warm sector across the country on Sunday, perhaps a few showers emerging from the near

03:22continent during the afternoon. But a marked change into Monday. This active cold front

03:28will bring some heavy rain in from the west followed by much cooler conditions to start

03:34off next week. Much more as ever on social media but that's all from me for now. Bye bye.